Donald Trump’s aides have to stop him watching TV in case he gets embarrassed

By Abigail Malbon| 2 years ago

The new President of the USA is reportedly having to be controlled by aides, because he often flies into a rage when he sees a news story that he doesn’t agree with, his workers have revealed.

Donald Trump is having to be closely monitored because he “gets bored and likes to watch TV”, and a news story that upsets his ego leads to a list of irrational demands that guardians are unable to refuse.

An aide to the President told Politico that his staff have to “control information that may infuriate him.” The New York Times also reported:

“Mr. Trump grew increasingly angry on Inauguration Day after reading a series of Twitter messages pointing out that the size of his inaugural crowd did not rival that of Mr. Obama’s in 2009. But he spent his Friday night in a whirlwind of celebration and affirmation. When he awoke on Saturday morning, after his first night in the Executive Mansion, the glow was gone, several people close to him said, and the new president was filled anew with a sense of injury.”

The Washington Post wrote that Trump was enraged to see large crowds at the women’s marches being compared to lesser crowds at his inauguration, and despite the protestations from his advisers, he asked for a public response to come from his press secretary.

The story also reported that Trump “feels demoralised” that the public’s view of him doesn’t align with his own sense of achievement, and felt that press secretary Sean Spicer’s lie about the inauguration crowd wasn’t “forceful enough”.

The Post spoke with nearly a dozen senior White House officials and advisers, some of whom spoke anonymously. Trump is known to credit loyalty in his staff, and has already been betrayed by those closest to him, just four days into his presidency.